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Known as: Mary (1867-1953);
Princess May of Teck (1867-1893); Duchess of York (1893-1901); Princess of
Wales (1901-1910); Queen Mary (1910-1936); Queen Mother (1936-1953).
She was born on 26 May 1867 in Kensington Palace,
London, England, daughter of
the German nobleman Francis Alexander, Duke of
Teck and Mary Adelaide Guelph. Her given name was
Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes May.
Mary was betrothed to Albert
Saxe-Coburg, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, on 3 December 1891 at the age
of 25.
On 6 July 1893 at the age of 26
Mary, great granddaughter of King George III, married
George, then Duke of York, and in 1911 was crowned with him in Westminster
Abbey. She would be Queen Consort
until the death of King George V
in 1936.
During World War II she won international acclaim for her work for
charities and hospitals.
Two of her sons became kings of Great Britain as
Edward VIII (later the Duke of Windsor) and George VI
(formerly Prince Albert, the Duke of York). Her other
children were Prince Henry, the Duke of Gloucester; Prince George, the
Duke of Kent; Prince John (died at the age of 16); and Princess Mary, the
Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood.
She set a social example even
more formidable than that of her husband, and she molded her own family,
including her grandchildren, in a most definite fashion.
She died on 24 March 1953 and
was buried on 31 March 1953 in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle,
England.
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